180 YORKSHIRE. EAST RIDING. 



vessel' type. The larger, in shape like fig. 69, but having- two 

 raised ribs, is 5 in. high, 5^ in. wide at the mouth, and 2f in. at the 

 bottom. The upper part has two bands of short inclining oval 

 impressions, one above each rib, encircling the vase, and the inside 

 of the rim has two lines of thong-impressions, arranged chevron 

 fashion. The smaller one, a pretty little vase like fig. 70, is 2 in. 

 high, 3 in. wide at the mouth, and 1| in. at the bottom. It has 

 five unpierced ears at the shoulder, which have each two dotted 

 impressions upon them, as if to simulate perforations. This peculiar 

 and interesting feature seems to represent a time of transition 

 between the pierced and the unpierced ears (when, though no 

 longer used for suspension, the ears remained as an ornamental 

 feature), the appearance but not the perforation itself being retained. 

 The vase is ornamented over the entire surface ; the inside of the lip 

 of the rim has two encompassing lines, and the top and bottom of 

 the vessel have each three similar lines, the space between the two 

 series being occupied by two bands of vertical lines, divided by a 

 single encircling line ; all the impressions are due to a finely-twisted 

 thong. 



PARISH OF WILLERBY. Ord. Map. xcv. s.w. 



The next group, still proceeding towards the east, consisted of a 

 long barrow, described elsewhere in this volume, and nine of round 

 form. One of them, a very large mound, was partially opened by 

 the late Lord Londesborough, with what results I am not aware. 

 They were all situated on the same ridge as those last under notice, 

 though not, as in their case, overlooking the valley of the Derwent, 

 inasmuch as an outlying spur of the chalk hill, separated from the 

 main range by a deep ravine, lies to the north of that on which 

 these barrows are placed. 



XXXII. The first was 72 ft. in diameter, 3 ft. high, and was made 

 of earth. At a point 6 ft. west of the present, but which may 

 be assumed to have been the original, centre, was a large quantity 

 of charcoal, lying at about the level of the natural surface, and 

 covering a number of flint blocks placed above a shallow grave. 

 These flints were immediately covered by a layer of clay, IJft. 

 thick, and over that was a stratum of smaller flints. The grave 

 was a simple depression in the surface, of about 1 ft. deep, and in it 

 was a body, laid on the left side, with the head to S. by E. ; the 



